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Ovidiu Avram Lives and Works in Romania Though still relatively young, Ovidiu Avram is an artist who has discovered his own way, a way where he is preceded by few and accompanied by even fewer. What distinguishes Ovidiu Avram from the other contemporary artists is his predominantly symbolic language. The artist created his own language working on pre-existent elements, most of them, belonging to the wide field of esoteric doctrines. In fact, Ovidiu Avram has been thoroughly studying alchemy treatises. Cabala writings, astrology, gnosis etc. for a long time. Beyond any doubt, all these esoteric systems have a common feature, which does explain the artist’s constant attraction for them. Overall, they all start from some archaic initiation scenarios. These scenarios tell us about the difficult test the spirit is submitted to. They deal with suffering and death, as a necessary process of renewal, transformation and re-birth in a nobler and perfect stasis. . For Ovidiu Avram